'Visible-ness': The nature of communication for children admitted to a specialist children's hospital in the Republic of Ireland

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 3092-3102

  Lambert, Veronica ^a   Glacken, Michele ^b   McCarron, Mary ^c  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b St Angela's College   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Children; Communication; Family; Health professional; Hospital; Nurses; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; IRELAND; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS;

EID: 56349088432     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02462.x     Document Type: Article

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